A summer signing from Everton, Rooney has three goals and three assists in his first eight MLS matches, and United have racked up a 5-2-1 record during that time after spending most of the season’s first half in the Eastern Conference basement.

After the Timbers seized an early 1-0 lead, Rooney clinically dispatched a Yamil Asad through ball in the 43rd minute to draw level D.C., then bagged his second via a curling, dipping free kick past goalkeeper Jeff Attinella in the 68th. The Englishman took five shots against the Revolution on Sunday.

The Alcatel MLS Player of the Week is chosen each week of the regular season by members of the North American Soccer Reporters. The organization includes print, television, radio and online journalists who cover domestic men's soccer in the United States and Canada.